Navigating Your Way through Grief: A Healing Retreat

@ Finding Clarity while Recovering from Loss Life’s inevitable challenges and losses can be overwhelming. Join end-of-life doula, yoga instructor, astrologer, and reiki master Tess Clarkson for a retreat that provides a nurturing environment where you can connect with your inner guru and navigate the path of healing. Our blend of gentle yoga, guided meditation, astrology, and creative writing will help you find clarity, acceptance, and a renewed sense of purpose. Dates & Cost Wednesday, August 19, to Monday morning, August 24, 2026 Cost: $600 – Select “WORKSHOP: Navigating Grief” as an “Extra” when you make your Accommodations reservation. Plus Accommodations – Reserve a room for August 19-24, 2026. This workshop is for everyone, no previous knowledge or experience is required. BOOK THIS SPECIAL RETREAT NOW Be sure to select “WORKSHOP: Navigating Grief” as an “Extra” when you book. Schedule / Itinerary Wednesday, August 19, 2026 (Arrival) 2:00pm Arrive and settle in 5:30pm – 7:00pm Hatha Yoga 7:00pm Evening Meal Thursday, August 20, 2026 (Workshop) 7:30am Silent Meditation 8:00am Morning Vinyasa Yoga Practice 9:45am Breakfast 11:30am – 2:00pm Retreat Workshop: Grief & The Body: Gentle Vinyasa for Creating Space Grief is not just an emotion; it is a physical experience. It can be held in our muscles, joints, and nervous system, leading to feelings of heaviness and fatigue. In this workshop, we will use gentle vinyasa yoga and restorative poses to create a safe container for these emotions. We will learn to listen to our body’s wisdom, allowing ourselves to feel, release, and hold space for our grief without judgment. Through writing exercises, we’ll then explore and ground the feelings that arise, moving them from the body to the page through our written words. 2:00pm Lunch 3:30pm – 5:30pm Free Time or Reiki Sessions with Tess*** 5:30pm Guided Meditation: Empowering Your Inner Guru 7:00pm Evening Meal Friday, August 21, 2026 (Workshop) 7:30am Silent Meditation 8:00am Morning Vinyasa Yoga Practice 9:45am Breakfast 11:30am – 2:00pm Retreat Workshop: Cosmic Compass: Astrology for Navigating Life’s Changes The stars can offer profound insights into our life’s cycles, challenges, and opportunities. In this workshop, we will explore the basics of astrology as a tool for self-understanding and navigating periods of loss and transition. We will look at planetary transits and how they can guide us through grief, helping us find meaning in our personal cycles of change. We then will engage in a guided journaling session. You will be provided with prompts to reflect on how the current astrological energies or significant transits in your personal chart might be influencing your journey with grief. This practice will help you connect the cosmic guidance to your inner world, allowing you to further explore and anchor these insights. 2:00pm Lunch 3:30pm – 5:30pm Nature Outings or Astrology Readings with Tess*** 5:30pm Guided Meditation: Listening to Your Inner Wisdom 7:00pm Evening Meal Saturday, August 22, 2026 (Workshop) 7:30am Silent Meditation 8:00am Slow Flow with Yoga Nidra 9:45am Breakfast 11:30am – 1:30pm Retreat Workshop: Writing Through Loss: Creative Writing as a Tool for Healing The act of writing can be a powerful way to process complex emotions and find clarity in times of confusion. To prepare the body and mind for this deep work, we will begin with a gentle sequence of slow, mindful yoga postures. These poses are designed to help you settle into the present moment, release physical tension, and create an open, receptive state. Following our movement practice, we will explore a series of creative writing prompts and exercises designed to help you externalize your grief, honor what you’ve lost, and engage in an optional time to share. No writing experience is necessary—this is a space for authentic expression. 2:00pm Lunch 3:30pm – 5:30pm Free Time or Reiki Sessions with Tess*** 5:30pm Sharing Circle & Closing Ceremony for Workshop 7:00pm Evening Meal Sunday, August 23, 2026 (Integration) 7:30am Silent Meditation 8:00am Morning Yoga 9:45am Breakfast 10:30am – 1:30pm Free time for hiking, kayaking, porch sitting, reading, journaling, massage or other activities Take time to consider the impact of the workshop on your Self and Life 2:00pm Lunch 2:30pm – 5:30pm Free time for hiking, kayaking, porch sitting, reading, journaling, massage or other activities Take this time to consider the impact of the workshop on your Self and Life 5:30pm Evening Yoga 7:00pm Evening Meal Monday, August 24, 2026 (Departure) 7:30am Silent Meditation 8:00am Final Gentle Vinyasa 9:45am Breakfast and Goodbyes ***REIKI SESSIONS & ASTROLOGY READINGS: Book your sessions during the retreat. These one-on-one sessions offer a personal, compassionate space for you to receive the benefits of energetic rebalancing or explore your birth chart. These readings can provide clarity and insight into your current life transitions and emotional landscape. About Tess Clarkson After 20 years in New York City first as an Irish dancer performing in Broadway’s Riverdance, then as a lawyer regulating financial markets, Tess now is a writer and life optimizer based in Missouri. As a trained end-of-life doula, yoga teacher (500-hours), certified astrologer, and Reiki master, she helps people tap into their inner guru and tackle taboos. Tess has traveled extensively: first as a dancer with Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance, then as a seeker going to an ashram in India, and later with her husband on their quest to visit all 63 U.S. national parks. Her greatest travels have been inward through a broad spectrum of practices and modalities. Tess is a past participant in the self-guided retreat at Sewall House and is thrilled to return as a teacher and to share tools for creating space for grief and living with more connection to the body, mind, and spirit and Universal flow. For more information, visit Tess’s website. Cost The cost of Navigating Your Way through Grief: A Healing Retreat at Sewall House in Island Falls, Maine, is $600 and does not include accommodations, meals, or transportation. Required accommodations at Sewall House Yoga Retreat — which include all meals and yoga classes — must be purchased separately. BOOK THIS SPECIAL RETREAT NOW Be sure to select “WORKSHOP: Navigating Grief” as an “Extra” when you book. Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live Details Date: Time: Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live